Hopeful Lookout

He had spent weeks waiting, hoping, praying that she would come. This morning he had woken up optimistic – the ocean liner was docking today and he was sure she would step down the gangplank.

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He watched people disembarking and sensed their excitement. His avid search, however, did not show him a woman with straight black hair wearing her trademark sunhat and glasses. With the disappointment weighing him down, Alec acknowledged that she wasn’t going to come. A life on the islands far away from the city’s buzz was not for her. He had to accept her decision and move on.

Your story makes me want to know more about the relationship. After all, there are many reasons why she might not be on the liner; is he premature in abandoning hope that she will join him, I wonder.
You’ve written that story very engagingly, Colline.